Stews have been around probably as long as humans have been cooking. All you need is a vessel to hold your ingredients and water and a means of heating that vessel. It can be as simple as a leather bag with stones heated in a fire dropped into it. Once you have clay or metal pots you can prepare stews next to or set directly over a fire. Stews are low-maintenance cookery, generally not requiring that the cooking pot be observed continuously. The slow cooking is also ideal for tenderizing tougher cuts of meat (neck, shin, tail etc). As these also tend to be the most flavoursome parts of animals, this also means that stews can be extremely flavourful. Stews also pair well with the local staple: potatoes, rice, bread, yams, cassava etc.

Some stews border on soups and the definition of whether a dish is a soup or a stew. A good example of this is Welsh cawl which can be served with more liquid as a soup or can be thickened as a stew and served with bread and/or potatoes. Most curries, due to their long, slow cooking and blend of ingredients can also be considered a subtype of stew.

Pretty much every culture on earth has a classic stew that's a major part of its cultural culinary repertoire. I have viewed and collected recipes for many of these on my travels. These and other classic stews from around the world are collected and presented here.

The alphabetical list of all the stew recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 1739 recipes in total:

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Awaze Tibs (Ethiopian Beef and Peppers)      Origin: Ethiopia	Bean and Wild Mushroom Stew      Origin: Britain	Betas (Beetroot with Leeks in Wine)      Origin: Roman
Ayam Bumbu Rujak (Chicken with Rujak Gravy)      Origin: Indonesia	Bean Foogath      Origin: India	Betas Minutas et Porros (Young Beetroot and Leeks)      Origin: Roman
Ayam Masak Lemak (Spicy Fenugreek Meat)      Origin: Malaysia	Bean Goulash with Beef      Origin: Czech	Bhuna Khichuri      Origin: Bangladesh
Ayam Masak Lemak (Chicken in Creamy Coconut)      Origin: Malaysia	Beans and Bananas      Origin: Burundi	Big Bowl Chili      Origin: American
Ayimonlou (Togolese Rice and Beans)      Origin: Togo	Beans Gravy      Origin: Liberia	Birch Sap and Cleavers Risotto      Origin: Britain
Ayimonlou et N'gbagba (Togolese Rice and Beans with N'gbagba)      Origin: Togo	Bébélé (Tripe and Plantain Stew)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Biscuit-topped Lamb Casserole      Origin: America
Azindéssi aux Boeuf (Beef in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Togo	Beef and Coconut Cream Curry      Origin: Fusion	Bisort Bolognese      Origin: Fusion
Baamiye Suqaar (Meat and Okra Stew)      Origin: Somalia	Beef and Dhal Curry      Origin: India	Black Beans      Origin: Mexico
Bacalao a la Crema de Espárragos y Pimientos (Salt Cod with Cream of Asparagus and Peppers)      Origin: Spain	Beef and Green Tomato Jalfrezi      Origin: Fusion	Blaff de poisson (Fish Blaff)      Origin: Guadeloupe
Bachalu à Gomes (Salt Cod with Potatoes)      Origin: Angola	Beef and Mushroom Tshoem      Origin: Bhutan	Blancs de Poulet au Gingembre et à la Cardamome (Chicken Breasts with Ginger and Cardamom)      Origin: Madagascar
Baekse Karē (Korean Curry Rice)      Origin: Korea	Beef and Mushrooms in Peanut Sauce      Origin: Central African Republic	Blank Dessorre      Origin: England
Bagobe Jwa Lerotse (Sorghum Porridge with Cooking Melons)      Origin: Botswana	Beef and Stout Stew      Origin: Ireland	Blanquette de Porc (Pork in White Sauce)      Origin: France
Bahamian Lobster Curry      Origin: Bahamas	Beef Braised in Rooibos Tea with Sweet Potatoes      Origin: South Africa	Bo Kho (Spicy Beef Stew)      Origin: Vietnam
Baianas (Baian Beans)      Origin: Roman	Beef Cameroon      Origin: Cameroon	Bobor Taro (Taro Root Pudding)      Origin: Cambodia
Bajan Curry Powder      Origin: Barbados	Beef in Bistort Leaves      Origin: Britain	Boerwors Maalvleis Kerrie (Boerwors Minced Meat Curry)      Origin: South Africa
Bajan Pepperpot      Origin: Barbados	Beef in Bitter      Origin: Britain	Boeuf aux Chocolat Gabonnaise (Beef with Gabon Chocolate)      Origin: Gabon
Bakeapple Chicken Curry      Origin: Canada	Beef in Claret      Origin: Scotland	Boeuf Bourguignon      Origin: France
Baked Beans with Nigerian Seasonings      Origin: African Fusion	Beef in Stout      Origin: Ireland	Boeuf et Feuilles de Manioc (Beef and Cassava Greens in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Gabon
Baked Parsnips Irish Style      Origin: Ireland	Beef in the Burmese Style      Origin: Fusion	Boiled Beef and Carrots      Origin: Britain
Baked Tilapia with Pineapple and Black Beans      Origin: Costa Rica	Beef Madras      Origin: India	Boiled Ham      Origin: Britain
Balchão de Camarão (Goan Prawn Pickle)      Origin: India	Beef Picadillo      Origin: Dominican Republic	Boko Boko Harees (Chicken with Bulgur Wheat)      Origin: Burundi
Balti Chicken Pasanda      Origin: Britain	Beef Rendang      Origin: Indonesia	Boletos Aliter (Boletes, Another Way II)      Origin: Roman
Bamia (Okra in Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Egypt	Beef with Paprika and Potatoes      Origin: Ireland	Bolo and Trotter Potjie      Origin: Namibia
Banana and Corn Casserole      Origin: eSwatini	Belizean Rice and Beans      Origin: Belize	Bonava (Meat and Potatoes Stew)      Origin: Mauritania
Banankou Fida (Sokossoko with Kidneys)      Origin: Guinea	Bengali Chicken Curry      Origin: India	Bonava (Mauritanian Lamb Stew)      Origin: Mauritania
Bangladeshi Goat Curry      Origin: Bangladesh	Bengali Fish Curry      Origin: India	Bonito con Cebolla y Tomate (Bonito with Onion and Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Spain
Barkly Mount Eagle Madras Curry      Origin: Scotland	Bengali Turkey Curry      Origin: Britain	Boo with Okra      Origin: Uganda
Barley Kail      Origin: Scotland	Benin Red Sauce      Origin: Benin	Botswanan Cabbage      Origin: Botswana
Baru Fida (Spinach Sauce with Peanuts and Beef Shank)      Origin: Guinea	Beninese Beef Stew      Origin: Benin	Botswanan Chicken Groundnut Stew      Origin: Botswana
Basto and Suugo      Origin: Somalia	Beninese Goat Stew      Origin: Benin	Bottle Masala Chicken Curry      Origin: Britain
Basto and Suugo      Origin: Djibouti	Beninese Jollof Rice      Origin: Benin	Bouillabaisse      Origin: France
Batabate      Origin: Mayotte	Beriani      Origin: Brunei	Bouillabaisse with Rouille and Croutons      Origin: France
Batak Raichat (Duck Raichat)      Origin: India	Berkoukes      Origin: Algeria
Bayrisch Kraut (Pickled Bavarian Cabbage)      Origin: Germany	Betaceos Varronis (Beets à la Varro)      Origin: Roman

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